1 in 10 households in Minnesotans are food insecure and over 9,000 individuals visit a food shelf each day. Energy dense, nutrient poor foods (high in fat and salt) are readily available while fresh, healthy, and local (nutrient dense) foods are inaccessible to many. GIS can be used to highlight access points to fresh foods, map the flow of healthy foods, shine a light on organizations doing good work to bring about fresh food access, and find solutions and new opportunities.

A few ideas that we can build off of:

build off work of team last year that mapped available plots of land for community gardens. Map ways that home and community gardens can support the work fo food shelves. Map prototypical yard usage for different towns/neighborhoods. Explore place-based opportunities for growing food on one's own property.